Materials List for ILL 254 Media Arts

Revised materials list ILL 254


Basic and Drawing materials
•Pencils set  – 2H, H, HB, F, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B 
•Kneaded eraser 
•Ruler or yardstick 
•X-acto (Mat cutting) Knife 
•3 or 4 " brush (house paint brush from hardware store) 
•White artist tape 
•Masking tape
      •Prismacolor  Colored pencils- White Black, Sepia, Burnt umber, Raw Umber,
Crimson or other red 


•Pencil sharpener (battery powered is good) 


Inking materials
•Nibs and nib holders and crowquill  holder- Speedball/hunt  nibs #108,# 102, #22 B and #56 nibs, #512 extra fine tip
( my favorites are  Tachikawa comic G nibs and Tachikawa Kabura nibs available on amazon) 
•Ink Brush- Synthetic Kolinsky sable hair  #3 
Waterproof India ink or Dr. Ph Martins,Black Star (matte) 
•One bottle of Acrylic ink – Liquitex or Speedball Pigmented acrylic ink.
Any color of blue, green, purple or red 
6 medium water cups for ink.
Drawing Board about 23 x 31”— -Metal edge drawing board or
Airlite Drawing Board (a lightweight board with a resin impregnated
kraft honeycomb core permanently bonded for strength.
The 23x31” board retails for about $36.00) 
Drawing Papers
Drawing pad (cheap) 18 x 24” white paper, 
4 to 5 sheets of 22 x 30,” 4 Ply Bristol Board vellum surface Strathmore 400 series 
9 x 12" Sketch book 
A sheet of Illustration Board at least 15 x 20" 
19 x 24” Tracing paper pad 
Drawing Board about 23 x 31”— -Metal edge drawing board or
Airlite Drawing Board (a lightweight board with a resin impregnated
kraft honeycomb core permanently bonded for strength. The 23x31”
board retails for about $36.00) 
Watercolor supplies
Water color paper: 
• Arches, 140 lb. Cold pressed water color block, 10 x14” 
• 4 sheets (22x30) of Arches 140 cold pressed water color paper 
• 1 sheet, 300 lb Hot pressed water color paper 
• 1 sheet 140 lb hot pressed water color paper 
• 2 sheet 140 lb cold pressed water color paper 

Watercolor brushes 
Synthetic Kolinsky sable hair
• # 3- price $ 6.44 


• #5 price$9.28 or a #8 -price $27.05 
• #10 - price $ 35.57 


Watercolor paints 
(buy tube colors only) I recommend Winsor & Newton paint
Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red-light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow-pale,
Yellow ochre, Raw umber, Burnt umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna,
Ultramarine blue, Cerulean blue, Olive Green, Hooker’s or
Viridian Green and Van Dyke Brown 
• Spray ( water) bottle 
• Watercolor Masking Fluid- 90ml or smaller 
•paper towels


Large( 36 oz or larger) plastic or other cup for water. 


Gouache (Windsor Newton Artist gouache or similar) primary set of six 



AcrylicPaints(I recommend Golden Heavy Body tube acrylic)


Colors: Mars black, a large tube of Titanium white, Ultramarine blue, Cerulean blue,
Cobalt blue, Chromium Oxide green, Viridian (which is a green), Light Green- permanent,
Raw umber, Burnt umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Yellow ochre,
Cadmium Yellow-medium, Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Red-light. 


Clear Gesso (about a pint) Matte Medium (5 oz) Golden GAC 100 medium

Large( 36 oz or larger) plastic or other cup for water. 

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